performances. The production, which opened in April 2007 has been seen by 1.6 million audience

members during its run, making it one of the most successful musicals in Holland.

"What was Walt Disney like? That's what we'd all like to know, isn't it? Walt was the only person who was not an artist who could talk to you like an artist. The only problem you would have had with Walt was if you were not as enthusiastic about a project as he was." -Peter Ellenshaw (born This Day 1918)

"It was 1954 when I got a call that Walt was putting in something very special out there in

Anaheim and I was asked if I would be interested in building a hotel next to it." -Jack Wrather

"Painting never comes easily to those who take it seriously. The more one

knows the harder it gets." -Peter Ellenshaw

1965:

Actor John C. Reily, the voice of Wreck-It Ralph, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

May 24

Today is Tiara Day

2013:

The Monstrous Summer "All-Nighter" begins at the Disneyland Resort.

Thousands of people count down along with Mike and Sulley as fireworks light up the entrances to both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks.

Down in Florida, guests meet outside of Magic Kingdom Park as early as

4:30 a.m. this morning to be among the first to enter and kick off Walt Disney

World's "All-Nighter."

1910:

Animator Edward H. Love is born in Tremont, Pennsylvania. Working at various studios

during the golden age of animation, his early career included a near 10-year run at Disney starting in 1931.

Love's credits include the shorts Flowers and Trees, Mickey's Mellerdrammer, Mickey's Trailer and

Wynken, Blynken & Nod. (He later worked for MGM, Walter Lantz Productions and Hanna-Barbera. Love was

given the Golden Award at the 1984 Motion Pictures Screen Cartoonists Awards.)

"I started there at $18 a week and I animated for the first six months at $18 a week. Walt (Disney) was away on

a trip to Europe and when he came back he raised me to $2. In those days it was a good raise." -Ed Love

2017:

Six years in the making, Pandora – The World of Avatar, is dedicated in Disney's Animal

Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The new land, featuring rides, a restaurant and immersive entertainment,

is based on John Cameron's 2009 movie "Avatar." Attractions include Na’vi River Journey (where riders can see the bio-luminescence quality of the planet’s fictional plant life) and Avatar Flight of Passage (which places riders on devices

to make them feel as if they are flying on the back of a “Banshee,” the flying creatures on the fictional planet).